AICN has posted a list of directors being considered to helm the Lord of the Rings prequel film adaptation, The Hobbit. The list of names include Sam Raimi (Spider-Man). Stephen Sommers (The Mummy), Michael Bay (Transformers), Brad Silberling (Lemony Snicket’s A Series of Unfortunate Events) and Bill Condon (Dreamgirls).
When the whole Peter Jackson/New Line fall out happened, all the fanboys freaked out saying they would be unwilling to watch a non-Jackson Hobbit film. I wrote that people would eventually accept a new geek director. Sam Raimi seems like the perfect choice, but the names on the list above I could have never imagined. Not one of them appeals to me, and that’s coming from a Michael Bay fan. Let’s hope that either Raimi signs on or they find someone more credible and capable.
May 12th, 2007 at 4:25 am
The Jackson thing should be settled first. Pick any one you want but the same thing might happen to the next director / professional. No one should take the reins until that happens.
June 11th, 2007 at 2:37 pm
If Jackson could settle his thing with New Line, we would be the one, but I think either Sam Raimi or Andrew Adamson from The Chronicles of Narnia. He really brought that book in full life, I really enjoyed it, and I thinik if an other choice, it should be him after he’s finished Prince Caspain.
March 6th, 2008 at 8:40 pm
In my opinion, i think if Jackson does’nt direct the hobbit no one should the vision of middle earth can’t be replecated in the same way by a diffrent visionary. Not saying that someone else could’nt do it. It just would’nt be the same.